Landed heavily on snow, skids broken, tail boom sliced by main blades... Read more
Tail rotor hit trees during logging operations, causing helicopter to crash... Read more
Press “pilot walked away from an emergency landing”. FAA “Aircraft destroyed”. Firefighting ops.... Read more
Two fatalities – later named as Hudson Simmons and Hayden Simmons. Unknown circumstances Location is very close to state line. Incident location reported relative to both Lewiston ID and Asotin WA which are opposite sides of the river forming the state line at this point.... Read more
Fell onto its side on take-off... Read more
Force landed, pilot had minor injuries... Read more
Collision with terrain during take-off. 4 POB, 2 airlifted, one with leg and one with head injuries.... Read more
Crashed from low level killing the sole occupant pilot, while flying agricultural ops drying orchards... Read more
Crashed during logging operations after tail hit a logging cable.... Read more
Ditched in shallow water. 3 POB got out OK, one named by local press as Tatyana Kutsenko... Read more
Crashed after striking a pole during agricultural work... Read more
Owner Tom Archer was taking off from his own property after not flying the helicopter in about a month. Rotorhead and main blades ended up 10-15m from the fuselage... Read more
KOMO News helicopter down in Broad Street in Seattle, more updates shortly. Seattle Police confirm at least two fatalities – named in this article as pilot Gary Pfitzner and KOMO photographer Bill Strothman. The helicopter was being used in a joint partnership between KOMO and KING 5 according to this KING 5 report... Read more
Hard landing and rollover onto port side. 2 POB injured. Helicopter was making a precautionary landing at 9.30pm in a pasture due to reducing visibility.... Read more
Damaged on landing. Further details awaited... Read more
Crashed into a cherry orchard after catching bird netting at low level. Pilot 31-year-old Christopher Iezzoni suffered back injuries and was having trouble breathing... Read more
Main rotor separated, tail boom bent – pilot Charles Holmes and his wife Shanda. Accident was shortly after take off and return to the airfield, following a refuel.... Read more
Rolled over during aerial spraying operation... Read more
76 year old pilot and his 51 year old passenger not injured in accident, which left helicopter on its side... Read more
“Guardian One” Helicopter fell off side of ground handling trolley during run up, causing tail to contact the ground... Read more
Substantial damage on landing... Read more
Substantially damaged during tree harvesting operation... Read more
Emergency landing made in Cascades National Park... Read more
Crashed after losing control in the hover... Read more
We have received a report of a helicopter crash on Whidbey Island. No injuries to occupants and waiting on further details... Read more
Contacted powerlines during sling operations. Bucket operator sustained serious injuries... Read more
Clipped a power line while attempting to dry off an East Wenatchee cherry orchard. Two occupants seriously injured, of which one died in hospital the day after.... Read more
Crashed into an apple orchard after losing power. Tail damage. Pilot not injured... Read more
“impacted the side of a hill”... Read more
20 minutes into flight, weather rapidly changed putting helicopter in Inadvertent IMC. Location is estimated based on cruise speed of aircraft and stated routing from Spokane to Lewiston... Read more
One of two OH-58Ds which crashed around the same time at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on night training flights. Each involved 2 fatalities. Not yet released whether it was one accident or two. The four were named as Capt. Anne M. Montgomery, and Chief Warrant Officers Frank A. Buoniconti, Joseph S. Satterfield and Lucas Daniel Sigfrid... Read more
One of two OH-58Ds which crashed around the same time at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on night training flights. Each involved 2 fatalities. Not yet released whether it was one accident or two. The four were named as Capt. Anne M. Montgomery, and Chief Warrant Officers Frank A. Buoniconti, Joseph S. Satterfield and Lucas Daniel Sigfrid... Read more
Substantially damaged in landing accident... Read more
Tail rotor drive shaft cover separated from the aircraft during post-maintenance positioning flight... Read more
Had just flown over a block of cherry trees and was turning to fly back when it hit power lines 40-50 feet above the ground. Crashed and burned, killing pilot. Stephen W. Nelson reportedly died of asphyxiation due to smoke inhalation... Read more
The video report on the link given states that the same operator had two helicopter accidents today, one fatal at Chelan (see HeliHub.com report) and one on the ground at Brewster... Read more
The pilot reported that while flying low over a cherry orchard to dry the cherries, the engine experienced a loss of power. The helicopter subsequently settled into the trees.... Read more
Struck trees during low level manoeuvre... Read more
The three fatalities were aircraft commander Lt. Sean D. Krueger, 33, of Waterboro, Maine; Aviation Maintenance Technician, First Class Adam C. Hoke, 40, of Great Falls, Mont.; and Aviation Maintenance Technician, Second Class Brett M. Banks, 33, Green River, Wyo. The helicopter’s co-pilot, Lt. Lance D. Leone, 29, of Ventura, Calif., survived. See also later... Read more
24-Jul-09 N1255T Sikorsky S55 Chelan, US-Washington... Read more
15-Jul-09 N3213K Rotorway Exec 162F Sequim Valley Airport, US-Washington... Read more
11-Jul-09 N302PD Bell B206 Burlington, US-Wasington... Read more
7-Jul-09 N Grays Harbor, US-Washington... Read more
21-May-09 N7530F Robinson R44 Orient, US-Washington... Read more
